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1. BMW used to use extentions to indicate different variants of a chassis (E46/2C is the E46 3er Cabriolet, etc), but they stopped doing it in the late 90's. Since then every body style, every prototype or even every design study got an internal codename. That's why the numbers have been used up so quickly over the past few years. (I believe development projects for Rover also took a few numbers)
2. They certainly cannot start from E1 again (which was a 1991 project. the system actually started from E3) the same way we can't live in 1991 twice. Codes E100 -130ish have been used in the 60's (E100 being the infamous Isetta). So you will have cars and projects from the past inbetween current developments, which obviously doesn't make sense. And apparently going to E2xx is too far for the Germans.
3. The use of F codes was decided the same time they dropped the E code + extention method, so no need to doubt it.
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